The Water Cycle

We have been learning about the Water Cycle to better understand how important water is to Planet Earth and all living things.


















A simple experiment for the Water Cycle.

You need a good size zip lock bag and with a sharpie draw an outline of the water cycle.

1. Warm up some water until steams starts to rise but do not let it boil. 
      ( 1/2 cup of water in the microwave)
2. Add blue food colour to the water to represent the ocean.
3. Pour water in a zip log bag and zip it up.
4. Hang the bag upright on a window with strong tape and observe the changes.
5. Water evaporates and rises and condense at the top of the bag.
6. Water droplets appear on the inside of the bag. As water droplets become larger they will slide     
     downward that resembles the flow of the water cycle.




Precipitation - water droplets fall from the atmosphere in the form of rain, sleet, snow or hail.
Condensation - the cooling of water in the atmosphere changing gas to a liquid.
Evaporation - the process that occurs when water changes from a liquid to a caused by heat.
Transpiration - the passage of water from a plant to the atmosphere.